My Father's House: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS

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A gripping thriller based on true story of an Irish priest in the Vatican who smuggled victims of the Nazis out of Italy under the nose of his SS officer nemesis. From the bestselling and prizewinning author of Shadowplay. When the Nazis take Rome, thousands go into hiding. One priest will risk everything to save them. September 1943- Nazi forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. An Irish priest, Hugh O'Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping people escape. In his home in the Vatican - a neutral, independent country inside Rome - he gathers a team to set up an Escape Line. But Hauptmann's net begins closing in and the need for a terrifyingly audacious mission grows critical. By Christmas, it's too late to turn back. Based on a true story, My Father's House is a powerful thriller from a master of historical fiction. *THE NUMBER ONE IRISH BESTSELLER* 'Breathtakingly good writing - O'Connor puts you right there, centre stage in the story and never lets you go' Peter James 'O'Connor is on stellar form with this ensemble thriller...an expert storyteller' Daily Mail 'A masterwork... so urgent, so incredibly alive... A searing and beautiful example of storytelling's infinite importance' Donal Ryan 'Impressive and pleasurable...evokes a city in peril with wonderful vitality' Financial Times 'A literary thriller of the highest order...his razor-sharp dialogue is to be savoured, and he employs dark humour to great effect. The plot twists keep on coming' Observer

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Stylish, gripping, and inspiring...O'Connor is one of the most talented and respected writers of his generation * Church Times *
O'Connor combines suspenseful storytelling with an eye for quirky human details * Sunday Times, *Summer Reads of 2023* *
[A] lavishly crafted thriller * Daily Mail, *Summer Reads of 2023* *
Magnificent * Jewish Chronicle *

Author Bio

Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. His books include Cowboys and Indians, Inishowen, Star of the Sea (American Library Association Award, Irish Post Award for Fiction, France's Prix Millepages, Italy's Premio Acerbi, Prix Madeleine Zepter for European novel of the year), Redemption Falls, Ghost Light (Dublin One City One Book Novel 2011) and Shadowplay (Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year, Costa Novel of the Year shortlist). His fiction has been translated into forty languages. He received the 2012 Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Literature and in 2014 he was appointed Frank McCourt Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick. www.josephoconnorauthor.com